Originally Posted By: Todd1700
Quote:
Hmmmmm. I find it interesting this bill says wildlife benefit greatly from feeding, yet we've been lead to believe all these years that feeders spread disease. Which one is it???


If feeders where causing rampant plagues among game animals there wouldn't be an animal left alive in the whole state of Texas. At least not one that eats corn.

Besides, as I have said a dozen times when ever this subject comes up, if disease transmission was the real motivating force behind the baiting ban then why isn't it just flat out illegal to feed animals with feeders period? Do feeders only cause the spread of disease if you hunt over them? Cause that's all that's illegal, hunting over them. You can sling 100 metric tons of corn a year on your place if you want. Just can't hunt near it. Seems like a deer would be at the same risk of disease whether it was January with a hunter nearby or July with no human within 10 miles.

I agree with you 100%. I'm just saying it now appears they have been making excuses for the past few years everytime this comes up. Seems like the conservation folks always played the disease card. Maybe since Corky Pugh is gone that's the difference, I don't know. Just amazes me how all we've heard is baiting would spread disease, now all of the sudden it is very beneficial to wildlife.